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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1956
Page
1
The Country Editor recalls old-style outings and suggests strolls to picnic grounds. From the Chatter Box offers other ideas, while From One Cook to Another shares notes on that essential item food. Page references appear as part of the column mix in this CT feature.
The edition surveys horse racing football and Lawrence Welk in Rustlin Around on page 20. It also surveys 400 years of experience in Scene About Town and Jor Esvipt on page 21, plus Elyria’s city finances in What They're Saving on page 20.
Three boys left homeless after a fire find comfort with a local family serving as guardian figures. The community embraces the arrangement as a hopeful new start with stable care and support.
Only a week remains before the June 30 strike deadline as United Steelworkers and the Big Three meet amid hard bargaining. One industry source expressed optimism that a three-year contract with a 1 cent an hour raise in year one could be agreed, allowing faces to be saved on long term limits. The talks have featured accusations of ultimatums and refusals to bargain in good faith with a bitter stalemate prevailing.
Portage County Sheriff led a posse hunting Alfred Wilson after he killed three women. Officers reported sighting near Route 2 north of Parkman Windham Road and possible gunfire from the posse as they cordoned a wooded quarry area. Wilson vowed not to be taken alive as the manhunt continued.
The White House said it will not comment on the controversy sparked by Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson who called Senate moves to boost the Air Force budget phony. Presidential secretary Hagerty declined to anticipate any White House reaction. Wilson faced bipartisan criticism and calls for his resignation as Democrats pressed for his cabinet departure amid proposals to cut military manpower next year.
Partly cloudy with heat and humidity through today and Sunday. Widely scattered thunderstorms late this afternoon and at night. Highs near 90, nights around 70. Friday range 86 to 70, with no precipitation in the last 24 hours. Lake Erie winds 10 to 20 mph becoming variable tonight. Scattered showers or thunderstorms today, partly cloudy tonight.
A newspaper account recalls emotional remarks made near a deadly railroad crossing accident that killed Richard Sparks, 49, of Webster, and affected Millard C. Martin of Akron. The piece notes the dangers of limited visibility and lack of warning signals at crossings, with a focus on community grief and calls for action to prevent future tragedies.
President Eisenhower, still recovering from surgery, met with White House chief of staff Sherman Adams to hear plans for the Republican National Convention in San Francisco on August 20. aides said no new term decision was expected, and the talk marked his first political discussion since his hospitalization.
Warren, Pa. James Smith, 33, of Harrisburg, Pa., died late Friday of injuries from a two brother crash on the Ohio turnpike near here. His brother Richard was killed in the same accident, the sixth turnpike fatality this year.
Lorain resident William J Tayborne 40 died at St Joseph Hospital after being shot on East 28th Street. Amanzie Lee Williams Jr. 22 was charged with first degree murder, arraigned before Judge LeRoy Kelly and bound to the grand jury after waiving a preliminary hearing. Williams claimed the shooting followed a dispute over his wife. Tayborne, a Bluefield Virginia native, had lived in Lorain three years and worked for National Tube Division. He leaves a wife Lena, a daughter Daisy Lynette Tayborne, and sister Della Prieto. Funeral set for Sudro Curtis Funeral Home with burial at Brookdale Cemetery.
Three state senators and three representatives will visit Cellar Point next Wednesday to study needs of acquiring a 400 acre tract for a public park as urged by Gov. Lausch. House Speaker Roger Cloud appointed the committee to report to the Legislature’s special session opening next Thursday.
A 1 year old boy Ralph Bowen of 11916 Kinsman Road drowned in eight feet of water at Woodland Hills swimming pool in Cleveland. The city recorded its first municipal pool drowning in 40 years and the last fatality at the same pool occurred about ten years ago.
The NYC agreed to install flasher signals and gates at the Murray Ridge crossing near Elyria after eight Akron area deaths in May. The move, praised as a proactive shift from prior policy, aims to speed safeguards and spur a statewide crossing protection program with shared costs and prioritized engineering analyses. Ohio lawmakers plan to form a study committee to draft legislation for a 1957 session.
Floods forced hundreds of boys from Pennsylvania summer camps while thunderstorms sparked a large oil tank blaze near Midland Texas. The storms hit a wide swath from the Southwest to the Appalachians causing evacuations, bridge washouts, and road closures. In Indiana a two story building collapsed injuring five with two killed by lightning. Nearby, a Chattanooga judge received a complaint letter about a parking ticket and showed leniency.
A surprise IRS raid at Fatty's Spoms Club 2177 East 28th Street Lorain netted four men Walter A Brodke Raymond J Deidrick Frank J Biber and Alexander J Ringhauser charged with failing to register as professional gamblers and released after posting bonds. The raid involved more than 60 people and a connected cigar store. Hearings set for July 16. Police notified after the raid.
The UN Trusteeship Council seeks an impartial solution as Egypt and Ethiopia allegedly plot to seize Italian Somaliland in northeast Africa. The trust territory, larger than British or French Somaliland, is to be made sovereign in 1960. Council members report Egyptian propagandists pressuring Somaliland inhabitants with coordinated political activity.
Lawrence Tourloss, 42, of Newari Oss, was killed when his automobile plunged over a curve and overturned south of Mount Vernon. Police and emergency crews responded to the scene. The crash occurred today. Tourloss was the only occupant of the vehicle. Further details were not immediately available.
America's first medical school was established at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia on May 3 1765. The Cone Building Sur geon’s Hall housed the entire school. Chronicle telegram notices note training schools and courses and offer help for want ads by dialing 4751.
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